In March 2000, the special effects team of the film, under the leadership of special effects director John Gate, began to work on more than 1,000 special effects pictures in the film. Gate won the Oscar for best special effects for the first "The Matrix".
Neo’s attack with 100 upgraded Smiths is one of the two major events in The Matrix 2: Reloading, which involves complex camera movements. So many characters, if you use "bullet time photography" to deal with it, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. The Wachowski brothers and Gate came up with a solution, that is, to abandon the use of "bullet time photography" and to use comprehensive "virtual shooting" technology for the first time in film history.
The doubles have been training for several months, mainly imitating Hugo Weiwen's words and deeds, including his various expressions and movement habits. When we substitute imitation of the director Hugo reached a satisfactory level, action choreographer Yuen Wo Ping's team and Keanu Reeves joined in, rehearsals begin action scenes, with "motion capture" () technology will all Mourinho And 100 "Smith" actions that should be completed are all input into the computer. "Motion capture" also makes Yuan Heping's movement design more handy. He can design many movements that are difficult for ordinary people to do, and through computer modification, make martial arts movements look more powerful and stretched.
